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1.
In Your Hands Buy ice packs and brain freeze Eat microwave meals Buy cold sores and warm tins On two for one deals Buy comfort, buy style Buy inflatable sex Keep hounding your doctor For intestinal checks Buy green, you’re organic Eat macrobiotic Watch adverts that tell you shopping’s erotic Shop savvy, shop smart Try to get the right price Five quid for a whole one Or three quid for a slice It’s in your hands, it’s in your hands Buy hung meat and blood clots Eat pregnancy cravings Buy budget, buy discount Order coffin engravings Buy junk food, eat raw Shop rich and shop poor Keep telling your piles There’s cream for that sore You’re keen you’re athletic Cut, copy and edit Buy culture, buy content Buy coffee on credit Eat sushi, get naked Get stiff for commission Learn yoga, eat yoghurt Get into position It’s in your hands, it’s in your hands. Here they come, the bonus king is laughing, just laughing. Here they come, a pack of fuckers laughing, just laughing. It’s in your hands, it’s in your hands.
2.
Sugar God 02:20
Sugar God God drives a man insane And that’s what I do God drives a man insane But that’s what I do That mans’ got style God of sugar falling That girls got ssssssssssssssss Keen to find you falling In ’91 Lincoln Father John called him That mans’ got style Keep the baby talking God drives a man insane And that’s what I do God drives a man insane But that’s what I do In ’98 Ingham Able Sam walked in That mans’ got style He keeps the baby talking God drives a man insane And that’s what I do God drives a man insane But that’s what I do God is a lie Define devine Am I anything? Tell me the truth Am I alive Am I anything  More? But that’s what I do God drives a man insane And that’s what I do God drives a man insane But that’s what I do
3.
Go Go Go 01:51
Go Go Go I knew I was a sap when I didn’t get the part But Game of Thrones is back So I called for green and dark I knew I was a rat when I grew my daddy’s knuckles But Miley’s on the box So I hang out with my pickle So I say  Oh no  I gotta go And walking through the hallways there’s contorted faces screaming  I thought I touched on paradise but I was only dreaming Left of centre laughing people dance into my vision They say you’re off your head kid but I’m firmly in position So I say  Oh no  I gotta go I called you up but you’re never around I called you up when I’m coming down So I say  Oh no  I gotta go So I say  Oh no  I gotta go I gotta go I gotta go go go
4.
Rare Boots 02:36
Rare Boots Tanking out at quarter to four Tina’s on the candy-canes says she doesn’t drink anymore Spanking out at quarter past four you’ve got to take some time out of your life are you sure? I watch the trash bake I stare into space I see nothing I fell on my face I felt nothing Times the kind of thing we erase Aaron’s got rare boots again says he’s gonna kick through the walls Times the kind of thing that you chase until you run out Face it you’re a mess you’re a waste I watch the trash bake  I stare into space I see nothing I fell on my face I felt nothing I keep hearing voices calling my name Sproatley’s about ten miles away mate but Teddy’s got a Corsa and of course he’ll stop for beers on the way Jennie lives off Glycerine Paste because she says its low in calories, likes the taste. I watch the trash bake I stare into space I see nothing I fell on my face I felt nothing I keep hearing voices calling my name Has my luck come in? Or has it stopped They sent a crate of cigarettes  To the North There’s a quiet man Inside everyone They sent a crate of cigarettes To the North I keep hearing voices calling my name What’s my name?
5.
Membership Man He’s a Membership Man Eating Ok Peanuts Trophy wife Teen slut What a Membership Man He’s got a vitamin juicer Mixing up a booster White collar Medusa What a Membership Man You see it on the tele The tele in your mind I see it on the tele A toxic mankind He’s a moor town bruiser just a right wing cruiser I’m sure he can use you What a Membership Man You see it on the tele The tele in your mind Old ones on the outside Young ones on the inside Right? What a Membership Man He’s a Membership Man
6.
Earthworm 01:51
Earthworm Right alright That’s it Style substance and more Right ah right  that’s it A microphone microphone microphone Tour The originality is questionable but make it happen Monkey fracks the earthworm bloated That’s it Style substance and more Those indie bands are metal Off  peak  travel The Hull elite Tattooed in your white van  man Tattooed in your white van Tattooed in your white van man Tattooed  Van
7.
Popular Music Totally off my face I listen to popular music Totally off my face I listen to popular music Totally off my face I listen to popular music Totally off my face I listen to popular music Bobby boils his eyelids with his L.E.D vision Everybody says - it feels like he’s peeling off Baby boils it lightly But she’s lacking nutrition Everybody says - it feels like she’s peeling off Feels like you’re peeling off Feels like you’re peeling off Feels like you’re peeling off Feels like you’re peeling off Totally off my face I listen to popular music Totally off my face I listen to popular music Totally off my face I listen to popular music Totally off my face I listen to popular music Vicky vapes her e-cig with easy conviction Everybody says – it feels like she’s peeling off Jeffro feeds his tofu with beatnik fiction Everybody says – it feels like he’s peeling off Feels like you’re peeling off Feels like you’re peeling off Feels like you’re peeling off Feels like you’re peeling off This club’s a mess, I try fix This club’s a mess, I try to fix - it all Totally off my face I listen to popular music
8.
Electricity 02:27
Electricity Woke up this morn, Don’t know who I am Do up my tie ready to clock on That feels real good That’s not my voice That feels real good That’s not my voice Hit me beat me harder Kick me beat me harder Whip me beat me harder Hit me beat me harder Today you will be dropped into society Please collect your tokens for the next ride The factory floor awaits Electricity  Targets The world is your oyster We have your interests at heart Health care is provided Just don’t fight it Just don’t  fight  it Hit me beat me harder Kick me beat me harder Whip me beat me harder Hit me beat me harder Are you leaving alone? Are you feeling alone? And nothing is there Are you happier lonely? Are you leaving alone? Are you feeling alone? And nothing is there Are you leaving alone? Are you feeling alone? And nothing is there Are you happier lonely? And you’re hurt to the bone? And you’re feeling alone And no-one cares Electricity Hit me beat me harder Kick me beat me harder Whip me beat me harder Hit me beat me harder
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Beautifully Skint We were beautifully skint  Washed our clothes in the sink We used to eat tinned fruit Debate the drugs that we shoot And all the things that we do And all the things that we do oh oh oh oh oh And all the things that we do And all the things that we do I want to take off  I want to take off with you With you I want to take off I want to take off  With you We would fade out of sight  Disappear with the night The outer edges of scenes  Are never what they seem We would fade out of sight  Disappear with the night The outer edges of scenes  Are never what they seem  I want to take off  I want to take off with you With you I want to take off I want to take off  With you We were beautifully skint  Washed our clothes in the sink We used to eat tinned fruit Debate the drugs that we shoot I want to take off  I want to take off with you With you I want to take off I want to take off  With you 
10.
Ba Ba Ba 02:34
Ba Ba Ba We all do things  We’re not supposed to do I’m calling helplines But I don’t get through My head is drowning  In so much booze Exit the demon And tie the noose Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Dissolve the tablet  On the mountain top Is that God Or has my record dropped My hands are violent  But they just won’t stop My hands are violent And they just won’t stop Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba I walked the earth for a pint of clay Traded my papers then walked away I’m imitating the human state Dissolve the problem then slip away Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba
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Euromillions 03:22
Euromillions Hold the torch to my chin, I want to look dead sinister-like I could have screamed bloody murder Don’t believe the buses Sound bites eat away  at your core Caught up in the rhetoric That bubbles and fizzes Freedom isn’t locking your doors Big Bob of Little England Dragon  Slayer Bull dog Wrapped in a red cross Draws a ring around himself Fat Bill of White America Redneck  Racist Eagle Draped in delusion Builds a wall across his borders ROLLOVER ROLLOVER ROLLOVER ROLLOVER You have the right to bear arms If you’ve got the right coloured arms On the right side of the law I know my rights ROLLOVER ROLLOVER ROLLOVER ROLLOVER He knows his rights He knows his rights He’s a madman with an evil croon He knows his rights  He knows his rights He took the oil from the Afghan Moon And when he’s hungry  He’ll lean over your body Take your daughter Take your son Take your daughter  Take your son ROLLOVER ROLLOVER ROLLOVER ROLLOVER Hold a torch to my chin, I want to look dead sinister-like

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‘LIFE are everything you could possibly want from an artist – they are politically astute, angry, intelligent, gritty and air-punchingly brilliant – You remember how, years ago, if you’d had a bad day, you could play almost any Pixies track when you returned home, and scream along to make it all better? Well, LIFE’s like that.’ - God is in the TV

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released May 26, 2017

LIFE are:

Mez Green - Vocals
Mick Sanders - Guitar / Vocals
Loz Etheridge - Bass
Stew Baxter - Drums

All songs written and recorded by LIFE.
Lyrics by Mez and Mick.
Spoken word by Joe Hakim.
Drums on Track 3 by Rich Lorimer.

Produced and mixed by Ian Dowling. Assisted by George Chung. Ian Dowling is managed by This Much Talent. All tracks recorded at The Fish Factory, London, UK. Except Track 7, recorded at Strongroom, London, UK. Track 6, recorded at The Warren, Hull, UK. Mixed at Red Elephant, Whitstable, UK. Mastered by Matt Colton at Alchemy Mastering, London, UK. Made in the EU.

Album cover art by Dan Wilson.

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LIFE Hull, UK

LIFE are anchored by their hometown; the geography, history and community has always been the inspiration behind their creativity and on their third LP, North East Coastal Town, out 19th August, the band pay homage to Hull and its folk.

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